Falling Angels was an Indo-British collaboration that brought together artists from the renowned London-based dance theatre company The Kosh and artists of the Daksha Sheth Dance Company in a joint production to celebration of 50 years of Indian Independence. This ambitious project was initiated and funded by the British Council with support from the Department of Culture, New Delhi.

In the build up to the project, there was a series of interactions, both in England and in India, between artists of the two companies over a period of several years. The actual production and rehearsal of Falling Angels however took place in Trivandrum, India, during seven weeks of intense activity from September 21, 1997. Members of The Kosh who participated in the project included Director Michael Merwitzer, Choreographer/dancer Sian Williams, dancer Fiona Creese, Stage and Technical Manager John Page, and composers Howard Davidson and Nick Merwitzer. The British costume designer Yvonne Deacon and the lighting designer Joe Lewis also came to Trivandrum for the last two weeks of rehearsals. The Daksha Sheth Dance Company collaborators in the project included Director Devissaro, Choreographer/dancer Daksha Sheth, dancers Madhu Gopinath, Vakkom Sajeev, Anil Kumar, Prateesh Sivanand and Sharmila Desai, and musician Anand Narayan. The first performance was given at the Music Academy, Chennai on November 11, followed by Delhi (Nov15-16), Calcutta (Nov18), Mumbai (Nov21) and Pune (Nov25). Television recording of the production was made by Asianet on the final rehearsal in Trivandrum on November 7 and was subsequently broadcasted nationally on several occasions.

Falling Angels won warm acclaim in India both from the press and the audiences, and was given standing ovations in several cities.